Black
"Black" in Portuguese
afrodescendente
(relating to people with dark skin — see also dark-skinned link= A user suggests that this Translingual entry be cleaned up, giving the reason: “e.g. Dutch: neger (nl) m, negerin (nl) f and German: Schwarzer (de) m, Schwarze (de) f aren't translations of the adjective, but of the noun for which see below.” Please see the discussion on Requests for cleanup(+) for more information and remove this template after the problem has been dealt with.)
atro
(absorbing all light)
atro
(bad; evil)
escuro
(without light)
negro
(absorbing all light)
negro
(relating to people with dark skin — see also dark-skinned link= A user suggests that this Translingual entry be cleaned up, giving the reason: “e.g. Dutch: neger (nl) m, negerin (nl) f and German: Schwarzer (de) m, Schwarze (de) f aren't translations of the adjective, but of the noun for which see below.” Please see the discussion on Requests for cleanup(+) for more information and remove this template after the problem has been dealt with.)
negro
(bad; evil)
negro
(illegitimate, illegal or disgraced)
preto
(absorbing all light)
preto
(relating to people with dark skin — see also dark-skinned link= A user suggests that this Translingual entry be cleaned up, giving the reason: “e.g. Dutch: neger (nl) m, negerin (nl) f and German: Schwarzer (de) m, Schwarze (de) f aren't translations of the adjective, but of the noun for which see below.” Please see the discussion on Requests for cleanup(+) for more information and remove this template after the problem has been dealt with.)
preto
(of coffee or tea, without milk or other whitener)
sombrio
(bad; evil)
sombrio
(illegitimate, illegal or disgraced)
fumo
(black cloth hung up at funerals)
negra
(dark-skinned person — see also Negro)
negro
(colour/color)
negro
(dye, pigment)
negro
(dark-skinned person — see also Negro)
preta
(pen, pencil, etc. with black pigment)
preto
(colour/color)
preto
(dye, pigment)
preto
(pen, pencil, etc. with black pigment)
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